Games like Nyctophobia
by Lightning Man Media
Your truck is wrecked, your flashlight is dimming and darkness surrounds you. Your fears come alive. Get to the generator and bring back the light before “The Keeper” finds you.
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$6.99No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut
Apr 21 · Marevo Collective
Both: Horror
A slow burn retro horror game, in which you arrive at the old lighthouse on a small island near the coast of the United States. After the previous keeper has gone missing, you need to take over his duties and watch after the light.
IndieHorrorAdventureLovecraftianAtmosphericPsychological HorrorRetroDarkMysteryFirst-Person👍 2,338
Dark Echo
May 11 · RAC7 Games
Both: Horror
Trapped in darkness, you must use visualized sound to guide your way through threatening environments. The sounds you create will bounce off obstacles, revealing the shape of the surrounding world. It won't be long before your only way of sensing the world attracts a horrifying evil that devours both sound and souls.
AdventureIndiePuzzleHorrorAtmosphericSingleplayerPsychological HorrorMinimalist2DDark👍 835
$9.99Claire
Jul 7 · Hailstorm Games
Both: Horror
Claire is alone, lost, and hunted. The world has quickly becomes shrouded in darkness with unseen threats stalking Claire from the shadows. Aided by her dog and armed only with a flashlight, Claire must conquer her fear and find her comatose mother. However, there are others lost in the darkness seeking salvation.
HorrorIndieFemale ProtagonistAdventurePixel GraphicsAction2DSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPsychological Horror👍 294
$4.99Help
Oct 13 · Volens Nolens Games
Both: Horror
Your daughter was gone at a research of the abandoned bunker. Having gone to find her, you meet the horrors living in these walls, solve puzzles, discover what has happened in this place and to find the daughter. Everything that you have, is a lamp which charge constantly decreases also the radio.
ActionAdventureHorrorIndieStrategyOpen WorldFPS3DAnimeFirst-Person👍 246
$1.49Lighthouse Keeper
Nov 22 · Nikita Igorevich Studio
Both: Horror
This dark act takes place from a single day of the Lighthouse Keeper. Listen to keeper carefully and help him to interrupt his twenty-years-old shift at the Lighthouse.
AdventureExperimentalHorrorSurvival HorrorCinematicMinimalistNoirPixel GraphicsPsychedelicText-Based👍 402
$4.99Daylight
Apr 29 · Zombie Studios
Both: Horror
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
HorrorAdventureFirst-PersonIndieFemale ProtagonistActionSurvivalWalking SimulatorSingleplayerSurvival Horror👍 1,038
$9.99Umfend
Oct 30 · AIHASTO
Both: Horror
The glass sphere burst in the night of 1996. The world of distortion opened its gates and took away from you someone very important. However, in 2005, the past emerges again to hunt you once more. An atmospheric horror about love and time.
IndieAdventureHorrorPsychological HorrorFirst-PersonSurrealAnimeRomanceDating SimMystery👍 657
$5.99Wick
Dec 17 · Hellbent Games
Both: Horror
Wick is a survival horror game where ghost stories are brought to life. Explore a local legend about the long lost children in the woods who can still be seen... but only by those who dare to enter alone by candlelight.
HorrorIndieAdventureActionSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonPsychological HorrorAtmosphericMultiplayerSurvival👍 502
$0.99One Wish
Jun 6 · GDNomaD
Both: Horror
Сlassic indie horror for one evening. The game has no tips, you need to solve all the puzzles yourself and avoid the monster that wants to devour your soul. Therefore, you need to be very careful and attentive to escape from the nightmare.
AdventureIndieHorrorPsychological HorrorWalking SimulatorPuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonMinimalistPsychological👍 162
$4.99Grizzly Valley
Apr 23 · The_Kiddy
Both: Horror
The Grizzly bear is one of the greatest wild animals in North America. The number of fatal human attacks is actually low. They do not naturally hunt people to eat. However...
AdventureHorrorActionIndieStealthShooterSurvivalMultiplayerSurvival HorrorSingleplayer👍 212
$6.99DreadOut: Keepers of The Dark
Mar 24 · Digital Happiness
Both: Horror
DreadOut: Keepers of the Dark is a new standalone horror game that takes place in the DreadOut universe. In this missing chapter, you will help Linda face the challenges of the DreadOut world with even more dangers lurking within.
AdventureHorrorIndieFemale ProtagonistSurvival HorrorThird PersonGoreNuditySurvivalPsychological Horror👍 910
-80%$0.99Eyes: The Horror Game
May 20 · Fearless Games
Both: Horror
You break into the mansion at night. It’s huge and built like a maze. You're trying to escape, but the monster is after you! The chase begins. RUN!!
AdventureHorrorSurvival HorrorExplorationDarkPuzzleSimulationDemonsInteractive FictionFirst-Person👍 932
$5.99Dementium II HD
Dec 17 · Memetic Games
Both: Horror
The visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround as you put together the pieces of your story and make your escape from the Bright Dawn Treatment Center while the dark...
HorrorActionAdventureIndieFPSFirst-PersonGoreSurvival HorrorSingleplayerShooter👍 966
Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul
Aug 15 · VRWERX
Both: Horror
AVAILABLE TO PLAY IN NON-VR (KEYBOARD/MOUSE AND CONTROLLER) VR HEADSET NO LONGER REQUIRED.“PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE LOST SOUL” immerses you in a terrifying realistic environment with haunting atmosphere, and the need to survive.
HorrorVRAdventureRPGSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorGoreSingleplayerIndieMultiplayer👍 729
$4.99Emily Wants To Play
Dec 10 · Shawn Hitchcock
Both: Horror
It’s 11pm and the last house on your route. The windows are boarded up, the yard is overgrown, but the lights are on and the front door is open… strange place to deliver a pizza. You’re getting soaked from the rain, so you hesitantly step inside the house. You shouldn’t have done that.
HorrorSurvival HorrorIndieMultiplayerActionVRPsychological HorrorStrategySingleplayerAdventure👍 2,058
Reveal The Deep
Dec 4 · Lazy Monday Games
Both: Horror
Reveal The Deep is a short exploration game set in the wreck of a 19th century steamship. Navigate through expansive levels, uncovering the stories of the ship's demise and it's passengers. Keep your nerve, your wits about you, and prepare to reveal the secrets of the deep.
IndieHorrorAtmosphericExplorationCasualPixel GraphicsUnderwaterPuzzle2DAdventure👍 1,363
-75%$2.49ShadowSide
Aug 17 · AdroVGames
Both: Horror
ShadowSide is a First Person Exploration game. A policeman Alex Carter has been watching over the tranquility in the town for many years. He protects the people from robbery and crime. Nothing but a routine.
AdventureIndieSimulationHorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericFirst-PersonSingleplayer👍 370
$1.99Share
May 3 · HFM Games
Both: Horror
In the backyard of the civilization, left by destiny without any hope, you'll find this house on the hill. It will become your shelter and give you everything you need. But then, the owners of the hill will come. And you will pay for this shelter.
IndieActionHorrorFirst-PersonMultiplayerAtmosphericFPSSurvivalOpen WorldAdventure👍 313
$8.99Bulb Boy
Oct 29 · Bulbware
Both: Horror
One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves.
AdventureIndiePoint & ClickHorrorSingleplayerDarkDark HumorPuzzleGoreCute👍 594
$7.99Emily Wants to Play Too
Dec 13 · Shawn Hitchcock
Both: Horror
No one believed the pizza guy. They kept the dolls. A sandwich delivery guy is on his way to Central Evidence. He is not ready for what he finds. Emily and the dolls are back with new friends, scares and more. Use stealth and strategy to survive their unique games in this survival horror.
HorrorIndieActionAdventureStrategySurvival HorrorSimulationMultiplayerFirst-PersonPsychological Horror👍 514
$4.99Alone K.W.
Feb 29 · TeamWaterFly
Both: Horror
Dr. Kevin White, a drug manufacturing manager in the same company was sent to a conference in Greenland. In turn, the ship was caught in the ice and crashed. The main character was thrown by an unknown island. Seeing the house, Kevin went there.
AdventureIndieHorror
$0.99Countless Rooms of Death
Jan 9 · HCP Games
Both: Horror
Countless Rooms of Death is a puzzle / adventure game with a horror atmosphere. There are no weapons or real enemies; instead, we aim to bully your mind. All you, the player, have is a flashlight with which to find your way through a dark labyrinth, solving puzzles to acquire keys which will allow you to enter the next level.
IndieAdventureHorror
$3.99Magdalena
Feb 22 · MagdalenaTeam
Both: Horror
The mind dissolves in the surrounding darkness like pain dissolves in wine. Remains of memories crumble and rapidly leak like sand through fingers. And only one name stuck in the throat filled with fear. Magdalena... Minutes feel like days while waiting for something to happen.
IndieAdventureWalking SimulatorHistoricalHorror👍 224
-20%$7.99Escape the Backrooms
Oct 23 · Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive
Both: Horror
Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.
HorrorMultiplayerOnline Co-OpPsychological HorrorCo-opSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonEscape RoomExplorationAdventure👍 137,469
$4.99Darkness Ahead
Nov 2 · Useless Machines
Both: Horror
Darkness Ahead is an adventure game about a man searching for his little brother. A plateau between mountains holds a dark secret about its past. You have to stay alive and collect everything you need to complete your quest.
IndieAdventureHorrorDarkFirst-PersonAtmosphericSingleplayerWalking SimulatorStory RichExploration
$19.99Darkwood
Aug 17 · Acid Wizard Studio
Both: Horror
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorActionRPGDarkAtmosphericSurvivalExploration👍 22,253
-80%$0.99Boogeyman 2
Feb 7 · Clockwork Wolf
Both: Horror
Awoken in the night by your doll. Speaking as if it possesses a mind of its own. The doll warns you of a monster that has come to take you away.
IndieStrategyHorrorPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericSurvivalMultiplayerVRFirst-Person👍 344
$8.99Stay Close
Oct 14 · Blind Bird
Both: Horror
Stay Close is open-world horror game, with options for single-player and co-op. It has an unique and new gameplay approach unseen so far in any other game. You'll find yourself in a creepy and anomalous town, what is your next move?
HorrorCo-opMultiplayerSurvival HorrorPsychological HorrorAdventureActionIndieOnline Co-OpSingleplayer👍 1,496
FreeShiver
Oct 25 · Kowai Sugoi Studios
Both: Horror
Welcome to Windy Oaks National Park. A beautiful and chilling point-and-click horror adventure. On your way to visit your aging father, everything goes wrong, leaving you trapped and isolated.
IndieAdventureHorrorPoint & ClickFree to PlayFirst-PersonShort
FreeA Walk in the Woods
May 1 · Something Dark Studios
Both: Horror
A Walk in the Woods is a co-op multiplayer game where four players must roam a dark and dangerous forest in search of each other, avoid a terrifying creature, and reunite before the curse is complete.
Free to PlayHorrorMultiplayerIndieAdventureCo-opSurvival HorrorSurvival
$0.99The Lost Souls
Apr 11 · GDNomaD
Both: Horror
What does it feel like to find yourself in hell? You don't feel the wind, you don't see the sun. No more hearing child's laughter. No memory of those who once were your friends and family.
IndieHorrorFirst-PersonGothicStory RichPuzzleShortWalking SimulatorExploration3D👍 203
$4.99Sullen: Light is Your Friend
Jul 22
Both: Horror
FIVE YEARS AGO IN THIS FOREST.. A journalist wanted to go there.And of course he didnt come back. Few days later,he called his best friend.He just said to him "Come Here" and line dropped. You're the best friend of this guy.You listened your friend and you went there. LET THE GAME BEGIN
Early AccessIndieAdventureHorrorGore
FreeBloodwood Reload
Nov 2 · Luminy Studios
Both: Horror
In a small village in central Europe something is happening, the forest growing around has something different. Its wood is red color, unique in the world. This does not pass unnoticed to the world's largest logging company, the White Wood Company
Free to PlayHorrorAdventureIndieMultiplayerSurvival HorrorFirst-PersonShooterFPSAction
$4.99ENKI
Jul 31 · Storm in a Teacup
Both: Horror
ENKI is a repeatable horror experience about escaping, featuring multiple endings that will ensure you that every playthrough will be a bit different from the previous one. In only 30 minutes find your way to freedom through occult symbolism, mysteries and discoverable secrets... Survive or die!
IndieAdventurePuzzleFirst-PersonSingleplayerHorrorPsychological HorrorControllerEscape Room👍 119
Be Quiet!
Jul 31 · SixString Interactive
Both: Horror
You woke up in the middle of nowhere, the only thing you can see in the forest is a house. Solve various puzzles to get to the next rooms and accomplish objectives!
Early AccessIndieViolentHorrorSurvival HorrorPuzzleAdventureActionExplorationAction-Adventure
$9.99Knock-knock
Oct 4 · Ice-Pick Lodge
Both: Horror
There is an unusual cabin deep in the woods. It had served as a laboratory and a dwelling for three generations of Lodgers.But as of late the latest Lodger has been noticing weird changes in familiar surroundings; things are missing, noises and rattle heard. Something odd is coming out of the woods.
HorrorSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzleAdventureDifficult2DStory RichStrategyPlatformer👍 1,604
$9.99Matsuro Palette
Oct 14 · SleepingMuseum
Both: Horror
Survive seven days with a cursed painting. Rely on notes from past victims and manage to successfully paint her portrait. But be careful not to upset her, or you'll quickly find yourself dead! An assortment of terminal tableaus awaits you. Will you be the one to finally finish her?
AdventureHorrorPoint & ClickCuteMysteryStory RichEmotionalVisual NovelCasualMultiple Endings👍 485
$0.99The Inevitability
Apr 17 · VaNyuHa
Both: Horror
The main hero of the game was alone. All of his family died. He continued to cling to the life... but Death... seems trying to pick him up... Throughout the game something have been chasing and wants to send you to the other world to meet his family... and as if you were trying to hide it finds you...
AdventureIndieGoreHorror
$8.99True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 1
Oct 19 · Goblinz Enterprises Ltd
Both: Horror
True Fear: Forsaken Souls takes the best of the psychological thriller, blending in fun and intuitive gameplay mechanics. Episode 1, the first in a trilogy, will long be remembered.
ExplorationHidden ObjectHorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzlePoint & ClickFemale ProtagonistAdventureFirst-Person2D👍 1,108














